私はテレビを見ることを時間の無駄づかいとみなす。

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English Translation

I look on watching TV as a waste of time.

Furigana

私(わたし)はテレビを見(み)ることを時間(じかん)の無駄(むだ)づかいとみなす。

Romanji

Watashi wa terebi o miru koto o jikan no muda zukai to minasu.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

無駄 (むだ)

futility; uselessness; pointlessness

注ぐ (つぐ)

(usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

見なす (みなす)

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate